DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/09 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 23.7 - - 35.2 - - 42.7 - - 35.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 39 - - 149 - - 36 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 651 - - 1170 - - 1480 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 917 - - 1166 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1540 - - 2059 - - 2369 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 420 - - 415 - - 411 - - 237 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 120 - - 230 - - 160 - - 14 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 13 - - 14 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 185 - - 191 - - 201 - - 167 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -176 - - -1505 - - -3224 - - -2308 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1716 - - 3564 - - 5593 - - 3243 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -14862 - - -13722 - - -13609 - - -13570 ODpotential blCL - - - 16402 - - 15781 - - 15978 - - 14505 blCL maxRH - - - 90 - - 68 - - 91 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 23.7 - - 35.2 - - 42.7 - - 35.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.9 - - 23.2 - - 22.0 - - 25.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 23.5 - - 34.5 - - 42.6 - - 38.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 19.3 - - 22.0 - - 20.9 - - 24.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 39 - - 149 - - 36 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 651 - - 1170 - - 1480 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 60 - - 0 - - 62 - - 38 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96523 26 317 30 336 14 005 34 318 96523 89540 29 021 22 015 21 015 33 350 89540 84033 32 021 17 027 26 011 30 006 84033 79426 30 009 15 035 19 359 23 021 79426 75418 22 347 17 019 17 353 24 007 75418 71841 17 327 18 339 22 347 21 346 71841 68599 19 324 22 312 23 330 24 335 68599 65625 23 320 25 306 25 319 26 314 65625 62861 25 318 26 301 24 302 27 297 62861 60175 35 313 24 299 25 307 28 303 60175 57365 36 304 32 295 36 300 33 302 57365 54440 45 306 37 297 41 289 43 291 54440 51649 53 296 49 294 51 290 48 293 51649 49127 53 297 51 292 54 293 52 292 49127 46852 57 304 53 296 60 295 53 293 46852 44785 59 305 56 296 65 292 54 298 44785 42902 56 300 65 293 68 291 68 297 42902 41184 54 291 62 288 81 294 81 290 41184 39615 44 284 61 296 83 288 81 290 39615 38178 42 312 67 299 81 295 92 299 38178 36844 86 314 74 307 95 308 100 301 36844 35559 95 319 84 308 100 309 102 297 35559 34249 91 316 80 308 95 308 100 295 34249 32885 81 314 69 304 88 301 95 293 32885 31470 61 310 63 304 85 295 90 292 31470 29990 53 303 64 306 79 291 86 291 29990 28431 52 297 63 307 69 288 82 290 28431 26795 51 295 59 301 65 288 74 289 26795 25083 50 293 59 298 63 290 66 288 25083 23298 49 293 57 296 60 289 61 290 23298 21443 49 294 54 294 55 284 59 290 21443 19510 49 289 50 294 47 278 55 289 19510 17491 48 291 46 293 45 277 53 284 17491 15430 37 299 38 289 42 282 54 277 15430 13444 30 298 33 288 38 284 50 277 13444 11642 27 298 28 284 37 281 44 273 11642 10045 26 303 24 285 34 284 39 269 10045 8626 25 309 20 287 28 280 35 266 8626 7362 19 309 17 289 25 278 35 264 7362 6238 15 279 13 284 24 278 32 263 6238 5241 16 252 12 261 23 276 27 260 5241 4363 16 233 14 233 23 269 25 257 4363 3589 16 219 20 218 21 252 23 249 3589 2904 15 218 21 201 20*217 24 222 2904 2309 16 211 18*193 16*202 26 197 2309 1817 15*191 15*191 15 201 24 187 1817 1440 12*185 14 191 15 201 22 181 1440 1181 11 185 13 191 13 200 18 175 1181 1024 10 184 12 191 12 200 15*172 1024 935 8 183 10 191 10 200 7*167 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography